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Dr. Louis Saeger
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
Dr. Louis Saeger practices Pain Medicine in Edina, Minnesota. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Saeger serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Dr. Louis Saeger
- Edina, MN
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Accepting new patients
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Louis C. Saeger, MD, FIPP, FACPM is a Pain Management Specialist at Premier Spine and Pain Clinics in Edina, MN. Dr. Louis C. Saeger is a pain management specialist who treats...
Why do I have a chronic headache?
Without further information, it's not possible to answer this question. The quality and location of headache symptoms vary. Possible structural or vascular intracranial abnormalities READ MORE
Without further information, it's not possible to answer this question. The quality and location of headache symptoms vary. Possible structural or vascular intracranial abnormalities may need to be ruled out with appropriate imaging studies. Cervicogenic headache can arise from sources in the cervical spine, and muscle tension patterns can cause headache, as can TMJ issues. Consultation with a headache specialist is necessary.
Leg pain?
A lumbar MRI is indicated to determine if the cause is spinal stenosis.
What causes nerve damage after an athletic injury?
Nerve damage after an athletic injury depends on the nature of the injury. A severe straining injury, for example of the ankle, can result from neuropraxia, or over-stretching READ MORE
Nerve damage after an athletic injury depends on the nature of the injury. A severe straining injury, for example of the ankle, can result from neuropraxia, or over-stretching of a nerve. Compression or entrapment of a peripheral nerve can arise in a variety of circumstances, when a nerve is anatomically "vulnerable" to sustained pressure or blunt trauma. Spinal nerve roots may be impinged or compressed if a spinal straining injury causes a disc herniation or other malalignment of the neck or low back. Identifying and reversing or relieving the offending source of nerve injury is important to prevent permanent damage, and appropriate imaging and/or electro-physiological tests are often needed.
How long do damaged nerves take to heal?
It depends on what the damage amounts to. Some nerve injuries are permanent, while others are reversible with healing over time dependent on the nature and extent of damage. Recovery READ MORE
It depends on what the damage amounts to. Some nerve injuries are permanent, while others are reversible with healing over time dependent on the nature and extent of damage. Recovery of normal nerve function can take anywhere from a few months to slow and sometimes incomplete recovery over two to three years.
Long term narcotic use
Prunes, senna products may help. Oral naltrexone has been helpful for some
